Diet & Food
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Food packaging risk claim
Most food now comes in plastic packaging – and chronic exposure to these substances may be causing unknown health hazards, experts warn today. Read more
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Folic acid use falling pre-pregnancy
Use of a key vitamin to protect children before pregnancy has fallen among women in England in the last decade, researchers warn today. Read more
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Advice on preventing miscarriage
More than a quarter of miscarriages may be avoidable, researchers say today. Read more
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Appetite problem for obesity
Some people have heartier appetites than others from birth – and this puts them at risk of obesity, British researchers warned today. Read more
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Scots ‘sleep-walk’ into obesity
Scotland is "sleepwalking" into an epidemic of obesity, an international expert will say today. Read more
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Warning as insulin use surges
The number of people treated with insulin for diabetes has trebled in 20 years, researchers revealed today. Read more
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Fast food feeding obesity epidemic – WHO
Human girth is growing with the popularity of fast food, researchers warn today. Read more
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Peanut treatment success revealed
An immunotherapy treatment can successfully help protect children from the worst effects of peanut allergy, British doctors report today. Read more
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Vitamin D supplements – ‘no health benefits’
Vitamin D supplements probably provide little, if any, health benefits, a New Zealand study has concluded. Read more
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Fish oil boost for elderly brains
The link between consuming fish and brain power is controversial – but a new study claims a link with brain health in old age. Read more